ROTARY CLUB OF HODDESDON BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED

Registered charity 1168314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

For the relief of the poor and needy or for the benefit of other such charitable institutions societies and objects as the members of the Rotary Club of Hoddesdon shall in duly constituted meeting from time to time direct.

Objects

TO OR FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR AND NEEDY OR TO OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS SOCIETIES AND OBJECTS AS THE CLUB SHALL IN DULY CONSTITUTED MEETING FROM TIME TO TIME DIRECT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds stood at £12,821, which the trustees considered reasonable given the unpredictable nature of fundraising and emergency needs. The charity has no employees and operates on a voluntary basis, with total expenditure exceeding total income for the year, resulting in a net decrease in funds. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 10213270 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Hoddesdon Rotary Club Benevolent Fund Ltd (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• GLOVER, John — director, appointed 01/06/2026on trustee list
• JOHNSTON, David — director, appointed 12/05/2025on trustee list
• WADDINGTON, Christopher, Dr — director, appointed 12/05/2025on trustee list
• CONNOR, Howard Arthur — director, appointed 03/06/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (14/01/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN GLOVERchair
• David Johnston
• Dr Christopher Waddington · trustee of 1 other charity
• HOWARD ARTHUR CONNOR

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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